The bit-tech & Custom PC Quiz: thanks for coming

A big thank you to Corsair for the prize support and being good sports on the night

This is just a quick post to say a big thank you to all those that attended the first ever Custom PC and bit-tech Pub Quiz last night and making it such a great occasion.

On what turned out to be the hottest day of the year so far, it was humbling to see the room filled with so many friendly faces, even if we did then repay your attendance with one of the most fiendishly difficult quizzes ever to be set in the history of geekdom.

We’d also like to give a big thank you to sponsors Corsair - without them the night simply wouldn’t have been possible and their prize support meant many of you left with arms full of booty. A special mention also to Paradox Interactive for making sure everyone who attended walked away with a free copy of Magicka.

Below is a small selection of hastily edited photos - there will be more, and a full blow by blow account soon. We’ll also be posting up some of the best memes that were created in our make a meme round, just let us recover from the evening’s merriment first eh.

All that’s left to say is a big congratulations to the overall winners, Team Epic LAN, who each walked away with a Corsair Vengeance 2000 headset, Corsair K60 keyboard, Corsair M60 mouse, Custom PC subscription, commemorative winners cheesecake and the frankly priceless Golden Graphics Card winner’s trophy (don’t break it, yeah, we’ll need it back for the next one).

They were closely followed by the magnificently titled Our Cheesecake Brings All the Geeks to the Yard team, who bagged a Corsair K60 mouse and K60 Keyboard, and the third placed 192.168.X.X team, who won a K60 mouse each.

Was really good fun, tho some *very* hard q's requiring some very specific knowledge!
Next time, some more general geekery rounds would be good ;) Maybe a science/maths round and a gaming trivia round...

Originally Posted by vaderagWas really good fun, tho some *very* hard q's requiring some very specific knowledge!
Next time, some more general geekery rounds would be good ;) Maybe a science/maths round and a gaming trivia round...

Cheers for the feedback, obviously it was our first one, so we were a little unsure where to pitch it. We'll take your comments on board for the next one.

Originally Posted by law99Could you post the questions? Looks like it was good fun.

Yep, we'll be posting the full list of questions (or at least linking to them) in the main article we'll write up about it. We kept all the answer sheets too, so hoping to do a break down of what were the hardest questions. All just depends on time though.

To keep you going, i'll pop a few questions here too:

In The News Round

3. Last month, Seagate announced a partnership with Israeli company DensBits to develop and produce a line of which products?

8. Sony stoked rumours that the Playstation 4 will incorporate cloud gaming features by buying which company at the beginning of July?

TV & Film

2. In which movie did Hugh Jackman play a computer hacker, one who was able to work in spite of assorted distractions?

7. Five Harvard students have ten minutes to get root access to a Python web server, expose its SSL encryption, and then intercept all traffic over its secure ports. Which film are you watching?

General Tech Knowledge

1. Apple's latest iPad model features what Apple calls a Retina display, with a pixel density of 264ppi. What is the resolution of this screen?

5. Most motherboards use a specific function to reduce the electromagnetic interference generated by their onboard clock generators, which we recommend you turn off when overclocking. Name the function.

Tech Acronyms

4. What does HTTP stand for?

5. What does TCP stand for?

Retro Tech

2. In the 1970s, Xerox PARC developed the first operating system with a graphical user interface (GUI) as we now know it. What was it called?

8. How much storage space would you get on a double-sided, double-density 3.5in floppy disk?

So did we miss out on some Keyboard/Mouse hybrid that Corsair have yet to release? :D.

And again, as everyone has already said (but can never be enough), thanks to Paul for organising it, we had a great time although my friends knew the answers to barely any of the questions :(.

As was suggested, maybe at least an easier/more general round for people to feel good in or a mix of questions (so like 4 easy, 3 medium, 2 hard and 1 "how did you know the answer was Jurassic Park" question)... although i guess they were already planned out like that and my friends just weren't' tech/geeky enough ;>

Originally Posted by vdbswongAs was suggested, maybe at least an easier/more general round for people to feel good in or a mix of questions (so like 4 easy, 3 medium, 2 hard and 1 "how did you know the answer was Jurassic Park" question)... although i guess they were already planned out like that and my friends just weren't' tech/geeky enough ;>

Really good night and although the questions were stretching, it would be boring if you didn't have to scratch your head a bit. Some good variety in the topics too so the not-so-hardware-oriented people also could join in. Thanks to the team and special shout to Paul as well who made a great effort in speaking to everyone and making us all feel welcome, and Corsair for the swag (even if I didn't get any :P).

Originally Posted by NickCPCReally good night and although the questions were stretching, it would be boring if you didn't have to scratch your head a bit. Some good variety in the topics too so the not-so-hardware-oriented people also could join in. Thanks to the team and special shout to Paul as well who made a great effort in speaking to everyone and making us all feel welcome, and Corsair for the swag (even if I didn't get any :P).

Thanks to all involved for a great event, especially Corsair for kindly donating a ton of snacky kit and also keeping me in pints of Cider all night! . . . a personal thanks from me to Paul Goodhead who couldn't have been more charming and accommodating if he tried, I'd also like to thank Gareth Ogden & Ben Hardwidge for taking the time to have a chatter with an old-school CPC reader, nice guys all . . .

Congratz to the winners, looking forward to the quiz-breakdown . . . Team R.A.G will return! xx

I really wish I could have come over for it, maybe the next one will warrant a one errand trip and I won't be so busy! I'm glad it went so well, congrats to the bit-tech folks for organising what seems to have been a hugely successful evening!

For the record, I knew the answers to all of the questions that Material listed on the previous page :D I'd have to think hard about the Retina display one, but the rest I knew!